Typewriting machine



May 15, 1923. 1,455,496

A. G. F. KUROWSKI TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed July 26. 1919 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 15, 1923.

A. G. F. KUROWSK 4 TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed July 26, 19 9 2 Sheets-Shut 2 Patented May 15,1923. I i i 1,455,496

U E STATES A 11E Nr: ALFIREIDI G, F. xunowsnr, QJr-BROOKLY EN, mwyona, eas l swabs" TYPEWRIQE3'CQMIEle1yTY,O/F N YoR n. an, a CQRPQFAJT1QI TDEPAWARETE v TYPEWRITING- mourns. I ,A pplicationfiled'J'uly 26, 19 19, Serial m, 313,431.; 1

To all wlzom itmag concern; v A said lnount in the form of a thin platewhich- Be it known that I, ALFRED G. F. KIT-I stands in the same'planewiththe card,the ROWSKI, a citizen of the United States, foredge of the '1nount serving asa gage for Inerly a citizen of Germany, residing in positioning the card endwise. Y f Brooklyn Borough, in the county of Kings, Other features and advantages will here-f 5 city and State of New York,have,invented inafterappear. a certain new and useful Improvements in In the accompanying drawings,

Typewriting Machines, of which the follow Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view' f ing is a specification. j a typewriter carriage, showing vthe present; This invention relates todevices used .in invention as appliedthereto. f 60 connection with the round platens of front- Figure 2' is: a front view of the same. I

' strike 'typewriting machines, for writing Figure is a fragmentary sectional side cards, especially stencil address cards, and view. v j j the objects of the invention are to provide Figure etis a perspectivejview of a cardsimple and efiicient means for guiding and holding clip, as mounted in the card-holding 65 line-feeding the card, and toprovide means bar. a a i I i I whereby the card may be inserted at differ- Figure 5 is a spread-perspective View of ent desired points along the platen, thereby the card-holding clip and :its finger-piece] saving undue wear of the platen at any one Figure 6 is a perspective view of the racks,

place and gaining other advantages the card-holding bar, anda stencil card, 7 0

The carrier for the, card isin the for1 n of mounted therein for typing purposes. I a bar which normally occupies a pos tion F1gure7 1s aplan view of the partsseen' below the front of the platen, and which, at in Figure 4. p i v its'ends, is provided withnpstanding racks F1gure'8 1s a perspective "view of a wing meshing with crown gears on the ends of plateand its extensions the revoluble platen, to form, at the front of o The revoluble platen 10 is shown as jourthe platen, a U-shaped card-holding frame, naled by means of its axle 11 in the frame The provision of crowns-gears is valuable beends 12, and :as adapted to berevolved by cause it enables therack to stand about theknobs 13, or by-the-line-spacefwheel14 flush with-the foremost portion of the platen, of the, typewriting machine, said line-space so as not to occupy a space in front of the wheel being adapted'to be engaged by'a-pawl platen, and so' as to pass freely byribbon and 15 pivoted on a slide-16, which is adapted other devices, usually arranged at the front to be driven by a Iinespacehandle 17. a of the platen. j j j o When it is desired to write upon a. card,

35 The said bar is guided at its ends in versuch as the stencil card 18, shown in Figures 85. tical slots formed in the ends of-theplaten 2 and 6, the card is slipped into vthe channel frame, and is in the formof a channel, to 19, in the upper side ofa card holdingchancombine stiifnesswith lightness, andalso, nel bar 20, havingjvvithin its channel card to receive a pair of clips which clipthelower holding clips2'1u I The channel bar 20 10-,

portion of the card at opposite ends. These cated atthe front oflthe platen 10 below its, 0 clips are independently adjustable, to ac-' axisand below theprinting line and is con- I commodate cards of different widths, and nected at eachlend to, the lower endbfa.

7 also to permit adjustment of the printing vertical rack 22,;eachrack held .by means of field to different positions along the platen, its guides 23, at -its ..e n dhl2 of; the :platen? 5 each clip having asimple. releasable clamp, frame, so that it is fconstantly in meshlwith to permitsuch adjustment-and lock the clip a crown gear 24:, fast upon-the end of the wherever placed. Each clip is in the form platen, adjacent it, and having an outside of an upstanding spring lip, which is bent periphery flush With that of the platen. forwardly, to'facilitate insertion of the card, The front surface of each rack 22 is suband a mount whereon saidclipisq secured, stantially flush with the; periphery of the 'tageouslyrotated 1, in

gear 2a, so that these racks lie substantially within a plane tangent to the periphery of the platen 10, as shown in Figuresv 1 and 3. When it is desired to insert a card into the, channel 19, the platen is advanline-feeding direction until the channel bar '20 is in its upper'position, thus bringing the bar almost up to the printing line, atwhich the type 25; prints through the ribbon 20 rises'to this position when the platen is rotated forwardly, inasmuch as the racks are permanently fast to the bar, as by screws holding frame.

20 and the up- 26. The clip-carrying bar form a cardstanding racks 22 together again'stthe front sideof the platen. In orthe channel, to enable end 43, forming 30 a sufiicient hold on theinto exert sufficient pressure upon .the card 18, there is fast to each body a. plate 33 formed as an extension of the wing 27. Each plate 33 curves over the rear side of the channel bar 20, and extends downwardly, and hooks its turned-up extension 34- around a strengthening web 35, formed inte ral with the bottom of the channelbar. T is web of the channel bar gives it great rigidity, combined with the lightness and the small dimensionsnecessary to keep it from interfering with the parts often occup 'ing the space below and in front of the p aten in various makes of typewriting machines, The clips 21 are advantageously made separately from the channel bar, and then slipped-on over theends before the racks 22 are fastened'thereto.

In order to holdthe clips 21 in positions upon, the channel bar, in which their inwardly-facing ends 36 will bear 'frictionally against and serve as gages end ofthe inserted card orstencil frame 18, each body has pivoted thereto, at 37, a friction-locking lever 38, forming a finger-piece, comprising, in the form herein shown,- a U- shaped friction bend 39 and a turned-over. upper adapted to come down outside ofthe front of the channel bar, and thus bind the friction der to give the bodies bend 3:9 against the inner face sufficiently to hold the clip inplace. 'To enable the lever 38, to be released, it; is shown as provided with an extension 42, having aturned-over a finger-piece lip lying close to, but, slightly above, the channel bar, thus enabling the .finger'of the typist to' easily (not shown). The bar 7 for the adjacent extension 40, having an apron 41' grasp it and lift it, to enable the clip 21 to be slid along to a position on the It will be observed that the aprons 41 lie;

entirely outside and considerably beyond the margins ofthe card 18,:with theresult that they need never come near the ribbon-vibrating or type-guide mechanism in any ordinary machine, These. aprons, however, are advantageously quite thin, with the result that if the typewriter carriage should be car ried so far beyond its needed travel as to carry the aprons past a'nytype-guide or ribchannel bar bon-vibrator, it will be likely toclear it. I I

The flare of the wings 27 need be very small,

and need not bring them further forward than the front edge of the channel bar- 20.

In order to steady'the channel bar 20 as it moves up and down with the platen, there may be provided, at each end, a guiding lug or roll lzt'extending into a slot 15 inthe adja'cent'end plate 12, thusmaking it possible to insure'that the channel bar shall always travel in a path clear of any interfering mechanism. The usual bottom feed rolls may be omitted, and, if desired, upper front feed rolls 46, mounted in any desired or usual way, may run upon the edges' l'i of the card 18 to hold it upon, the platen- If the card is a stencil plate, it will havethick edges which are never written on, with theresult that the rolls 46,'r.unning-on these edges, will in no way interfere with the writing.

I In order to give the wings 27 a firmer hold upon a card 18, the lower corners 48'may be given a slight inward that they tend to dig into the card very slightly, not,.however,' enough to mar'it or to prevent its easy withdrawal. 1 y

- It is to be noted that the device of the present invention leaves the front of the platen clear of obstructions and provides for the quick insertion and removal of the cards. It is to be further notedthat the card-holding frame formed by the card-holding bar 20 and the end bars or racks 22 is U-shaped and open at the top, so that the comparatively stiff work-piece, such as the stencil-card "18, may be held by its lower edge only, toprojectvu pward from the card-holding bar 20 into theopen space provided by-the U-shaped frame,'past the printing'line at the front of the platen 10.

Variations may scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be usedwithout others. Having thus described my I invention, I claim: u I

1. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination with a revoluble platen, of

a card-holding frame, crown gears at the ends of the platen and substantially flushwith theperiphery thereof, racks lying sub stantially within a plane tangent to the pa twist, with the result be resorted to within the gears and forming the ends of the frame,

- a cross-bar connecting'the lower ends of said racks, and forming the'bottom of the frame,

and clips adjustable upon said cross-bar adapted to-hold acard above said cross-bar. 3.- In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination with a revoluble platen, of a card-holding frame, a channel bar forming the'bottom of said frame, and adapted to receive the card in its channel, clips slidable along said channel and adapted to hold the card, and means for advancing the frame with the revolving ofthe platen; 4 In a front-strike 'typewriting machine, the combination with a revoluble platen, of a card-holding frame, a channel bar forming the bottom of said frame and adapted to receive the card in its channel, clips slid-able along said channel and comprising thin arms extending over and catching under the bottom ofsaid bar, and means at the ends of the frame connected to the ends of the platen to advance the frame with the revolving of the platen.

5. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination *with a revoluble platen, of a channelbar connected to the platen, clips slidable in said channel comprising jaws to frietionally hold a card, ,and a finger-piece connected to each "clip and adapted to be swung to' engage the bar to look its clip inposition. f 1

' 6. Ina front-strike typewriting machine, the combination with a revoluble platen. of achanneljbar connected to the platen,'clips comprising bodies slidable in the channel,

and wings upon said clips adapted to holdacard inserted in the clips.

7. In a front-strike typewriting machine,

the combination with a revoluble platen, of a channel connected to the platen, clips comprising bodies slidable in' the channel, wings upon said'clips adaptedto 'hold a card inserted in the cllps, means for detaining the clips at any'set posltion, and

extensions of saidclipsunderlying said bar to hold them in the'channel.

'8. Ina front-striketypewriting machine, the combination with a revoluble'platen, of a channelxbar connected to the platen, clips comprising bodies slidable' in the channel, wings upon said clipsuadapted-to hold 'a card inserted in the clips, finger-pi"eces*piv oted' upon said bodies, and friction members fast'uponfsaid finger-pieces and adaptedto engagevwithini the ehannelto hold the clips whereset; J Y

9.1In a front-strike typewriting machine,

the combination with a revoluble platen-, f

of a channel bar connected to the platen, clips co'mprising bodies slid'able inthe channel, extensions of said xbodies above the channel,- and resilient arms on said extene SlOIlS, adapted to press against the platen; a card inserted 1n. the'channel.

- l0."In a frontestrike typewriting-- 'machine, .the combinationy-with a revoluble pla'ten,-of a 'channelbar connected to the platen, clipsacomprising bodies slidable in the channel, extensions of said'bodies'above the channel, reslllent arms onsa d eXten-" sionsadapted'to press aga nst the/platen a card inserted in the channel, fingerepieces pivoted upon said bodies, and frictionmembers fast'upo'n said finger-pieces and adapted toen age-within the channel to hold the clips where set.

11. In a" *frontestrike typewriting chine, the combination with a revoluble platen and a t-platenkframe in whichit. is

journaled, of a card-holding bar, crown gears upon the ends of theplaten substan; tiallyflush with, its-surface, racks connected to said bar andlguided' in, saidframe -and'en-= gaging said gears substantially flush with the periphery thereof, and a line-spacing device for the platen. g

'12. In a :fIODt-Stllk typ'ewriting ma:

chine, the combination with af revoluble platen and a platen frame in which it is journaled, of barHeXtending along the platen at the front and below the axis there,- of, card-holding clips upon said, bar com.- prising wings adapted 'to press -.a card against the platen,

and engaging said. gears substantially flush with the peripherythereof, and a linespacing device for the platen.

crowngearssupon the ends of the platen substantially fiushwith its surface, racks. connected at their lower, ends; to saidbar and guided in said frame 13. In a front-strike typewrit-ingmachine,

the combination with a revoluble platen, of a channel bar connected tothe platen, clips comprising bodies slidable in the channel,

said bodies adapted toi'frictionally the ends of a card,- and wings upon said clips adapted to bear upon the rfront face of the card to hold it against the platen.-

14. In a front-striketypewriting-machine,

the combination with a revoluble platen and a platen frame in which it is journaled,

of a channel bar having thin' walls adapted to receive the bottomiof a card, a stiffening.

below'said bar, and means web extending engage connecting: said bar to move with the turning of the platen. I

- 15. In a frontfstrike typewritingmachine,

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the combination with a revoluble platen, of a channel bar connected to the platen, clips comprising bodies slidable in the channel,

finger-pieces pivoted upon said bodies and extending away from the card-holding sides of the clips,friction spring devices adapted to lie with. the channel to hold the clips and forming parttof. the finger pieces and lips on said finger-pieces standing'slightly clear of the bar to-enable-the'operatorsfingers to gripthe finger-pieces.

16'. In a typewrlting machine,the combination with a card-holding .bar having a channel to accommodatethe card, of a clip having a body lying within the channel to bear against the card, a wing extending above the channel to bear against the face of the card, a lever pivoted to the .body and frictionally hold it, and a the face of the card, a le'ver pivoted to the U -shaped body and lying within the channel, a frictionsurface u on said lever adapted to bear against one sic e of the channel, an extension of the lever having a turned-over end to engage upon the outside of the bar to additionally frictionally hold it, a lip upon the lever lying above the bar to enable the operatives finger to seize it, and a thin bracket fast to the body and extending over the side of the bar and beneath it to hold the body in the channel. r

18. In a front-striketypewriting machine, the combination with a revoluble platen and a platen frame in which it is journaled, of a card-holding frame, a. channel-bar forming the'botto-m' of said frame for receiving the loweredge of the card in'its channel, clips 'slidable along the channelbar for holdingthe card, racks extending upward from the ends of the channel-bar and fo-rining the ends of said frame, gears carried by the ends of the plate11-and..meshing with said racks,

and guides on the platen frame for guiding the card-holding frame. I

19. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combinationwith a revoluble platen and a platen frame in which it is journaled, of a card-holding frameopen at the top,- a Eard-holding bar forming the bottom of said'frame, for holding a comparatively stiff card by its lower edge t-o project upward from the bar into the open space provided by the U-shaped frame and past the printing lin at the front of the platen, racks connected at their lower ends to theends of said bar and formingthe ends of said frame,

gears carried by theends of the platen an meshing with said racks, and guides on the for guiding the. card-holding platen frame frame.

i I 20. In a front-strike ty pe'writing machine,

the combination with a revoluble' platen, of a U-shaped card-holding frame open at the top, a card-holding bar for carrying the card forming the bottom of; said frame, for

holding a comparatively. stiff card by its lower edge to project upwardzfromthe bar into the open space provided by the U shaped frame and past the printing line at the front of the platen, racks connected'to' and extending upward from the ends of said bar and forming the, ends'ofvsaid frame, and

gears carried by the ends of the platen. and meshing with said racks.

gitudinally thereof, racks connected at their .1

lower ends. to the ends of the bar and forming with the bar a -card-holding frame, gears carried by the ends of theplaten and meshing with the said. racks,--a-nd guides on the platen frame for guiding the card-holding frame.

22. In a front-strike typewriting machine,

in combination, arevoluble platen, a cardholding bar extending lengthwise of the platen in front andybelo'wthe printingline thereof,car'd-holding means on and adjustable along the bar for holding a card up} standing from the bar in different positions longitudinally thereof,- racks connected at their lower 'endsto the ends of the bar, and gears carried by the ends of the platen and meshing with said racks forad'v'ancing. the

card as the platen is revolved.

23. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination with a revolubleplaten, of a card-holding bar extending lengthwise of the platen at the front thereof below, the

printing line for engaging -ani'iho-lding the lower,- edge of the card, apa-ir of end gages for the card'carrie'd by and slidably adjustable along the card-holding bar, and means.

for concomitantly line-spacing the platen i and the card-holding bar.

24. In a front-strike,typewriting maehine,

the combination with a; revolubleplaten, of y i a card-holding bar extending lengthwise of the platen at the front thereof below .the printing line for engagingand holding the lower edge of the card, a card-holding da vice mounted on and adjustably sl-idable along the card-holding bar, and means for concomitantly line-spacing the platen and v the card-holding bar,

25. In a front-strike typeWI-iting inaehine,

the combination with a revoluble platen, of

a card-holding bar extending lengthwise of the platen at the frontthereof below the printing line for engaging and holding the 10 lower edge of the card, a, pair of end gages for the card" carriecl hy anclslidably adjustable along the card-holding bar, a card holding clip carried by each of the end' gages, and means for concomitantly linespacing the platen and the card-holdlng bar. 

